Sorry I was slow to get this posted today, but I'm going to go with Marcus A. as the winner of the office supply book due to his sharing of what is a VERY cool project (although not his own) to make mini sculptures of weapons out of paper clips. It was an appropriate entry since the giveaway was a book called Who Took All the Paper Clipsby Rachel Rifat. … [Read more...]
Staples 16-Sheet High Speed Cross-Cut Shredder – Winner Announced
First a quick apology for posting this a day late, I lost track of the days and thought I said I'd post the winner Sunday, not Saturday. Anyway, this was the last of our items from giveaway week, so a huge thanks to everyone that participated, and all of our sponsors that were generous enough to support it. Now...on to the lucky winner of the Staples 16 sheet High Speed Shredder. … [Read more...]
Tweaking the Monthly Giveaway
I am trying to gather as much feedback from everyone as I can regarding the monthly giveaway to make sure it is appealing to as many people as possible. I've currently got a poll on Facebook to sort out which item(s) to remove from the giveaway. If you head over there, you can vote for your favorite item from the bunch to ensure that it retains its place in the giveaway. Also, if you have not done so yet, make sure to sign up for the newsletter and … [Read more...]
Technical Difficulties, Pac-Man, and What You Might Be Missing in the Newsletter
I've run into some technical difficulties with the post that was scheduled for this morning, but I wanted to at least get something up for those of you who loyally come here every day. For those of you not signed up for the Office Supply Geek newsletter, this post will give you a little insight into what you are missing by not signing up. The first item you see up there that I shared in this past Sunday's newsletter is a special limited edition Pac-Man … [Read more...]
OfficeMax $100 Gift Card Winner
Our winner of the $100 gift card from OfficeMax is Jerry Gilreath with his comment/tweet shown above. Jerry just needs to email us his mailing address using the About/Contact tab at the top of the page and send over his mailing address, oh and also just leave a comment on this thread so everyone knows he claimed his prize. Thanks again to OfficeMax for providing the opportunity for this generous gift for one of our readers here, and below is the … [Read more...]
Purple, Orange, and Green Sharpie Pen Grip Winners
Here are the winners of the Sharpie Pen Grip Giveaway: #164 Kelly says: i would love a pink Sharpie pen…Sharpie makes great shades of pink. #71 Jonah R. says: I tweeted the message! http://twitter.com/jonahrabb/status/19094152453 #13 John T. Meche III says: http://twitter.com/johntmeche3/statuses/19072844236 I just need each of you to leave a comment on this thread so everyone knows you claimed your prize, and then just shoot me an … [Read more...]
Altego 14″ Laptop Sleeve by Samsill
I've been trying to expand the variety of different home office supplies that I review here, and the nice folks over at Samsill were happy to help me out with that task. When I saw their Altego Laptop Sleeve, I couldn't get over the way it reminded me of a giant bubble wrap laptop sleeve and I had to get my hands on one to review. … [Read more...]
IdeaPaint Dry Erase Paint Review and Giveaway
The concept of being able to use dry erase paint to turn anything you want into a dry erase or white board has always been a pretty cool idea to me ever since the first time I heard of it, and recently the PR folks from the company that makes IdeaPaint reached out to me to see if I would like to give some of it a try and, review it. They also offered up the opportunity to give away a set of their dry erase white board paint to one of my lucky US-based … [Read more...]
Erasable File Folder Labels
File labels are something that we have probably all dealt with, I know that personally I've found myself either trying to remove or reapply labels, because I made a mistake when writing on them, and it is usually a frustrating exercise. The folks at Label Once came up with the Erasable File Folder Labels that I picked up from Organize.com as a way to deal with the re-labeling frustration that we have probably all dealt with when it comes to our home … [Read more...]
An Air Bubble in an Ink Refill
No review today, but you do have a chance to win something if you can help me solve the problem pictured above. I think the picture pretty much gives it away, but let me give you some background first. … [Read more...]
JetPens Gift Card Winner Announced
The winner of the JetPens Gift Card is Shelly Submitted on 2009/11/29 at 1:37am "I was eying the Uniball Signo DX for such a long time! I’m a student and I’m very crucial when it comes to taking notes and the pens I use. When I highlight texts, some of the pens I use aren’t waterproof.. so they smudge! But, if I can get a hand on these babies.. it’ll be amazing!" She was random.org's selection to win the gift card according to the screen shot … [Read more...]
And the winner of the free office supplies is…MIA
Our winner, Carol who left the following: Carol on March 10th, 2009 at 6:47 PM e “love your blog!” ...is Missing in Action and has yet to claim her prize. Im hoping to hear from her soon. I've had one winner claim his prize of the Doane Paper notebook. The Doane Paper seems to be a pretty popular item, lots of feedback and comments that people wanted to be able to win/try that out. Carol...are you out there? :) … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Day Giveaway – Pick your favorite item
My last winner never claimed their prize, so I am trying this again. This is my Valentine's Day...or I guess Valentine's weekend Giveaway. Here is what you need to do: Leave a comment on this thread before Monday February 16th at 11:59 PM Come back here on Tue. February 17th after 8AM to see the post announcing the winner If you are the winner, you will have until 11:59 PM on Friday February 20th go to my About Me page and use the contact form … [Read more...]
